That said, I cannot overstate how misinformed and disengaged our electorate has been. I had to push my friends to go vote in Ontario’s provincial election - they didn’t know it was happening, didn’t know where to vote, didn’t know what they needed to vote, and thought THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO VOTE because they hadn’t received their voter card in time.

Oh man, I “love” when I’m doorknocking, and the person names which party’s candidate they’re voting in as mayor, but it’s a federal election and the municipal elections are non-partisan anyway. Unfortunately, democracy has always worked a bit like that. I used to think direct democracy would be great, but at this point I’m glad there’s a certain arms-length separation between power and the actual public.

The fact that they let Pierre talk about how Carney was “unelected” without IMMEDIATELY fact checking that, preferably TO HIS FACE, is disgraceful. The fact that they let him continue to lie and gaslight us around his security clearance is cowardice.

They’re a little too accommodating of the PP waterfall-of-alternative-facts style of campaigning, for sure. The trucker thing never comes up when he says he was never MAGA. It really should, because it’s highly relevant. If people aren’t falling for it anyway, that’s great news.

But, I think I have do a bit of a nitpick here. Carney hasn’t been elected yet, and PP is pretty much open that he doesn’t want a security clearance for partisan reasons. It’s just that Carney’s in an election right now, and not learning the truth to criticise better is insane.